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usonian

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5. Check the paper.

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:25 AM

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I think the problem will boil down to:

No matter how good the results are, they always need checking, and that costs money, and that means some hallucinations will creep through.

This is not like a mathematical library where results have been tested like crazy and can be relied upon.

They don't guess.

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Check the paper. usonian Monday #5

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